DRK Tips?

[Absimiliard]

Something important to keep in mind is that you want TBN to break. If you suspect combining it with another mitigation will prevent this, don't. Even if that mitigation is only reprisal. The majority of dungeon bosses hit like a wet noodle even with their tankbusters, so you'll want to eat most of those using TBN alone, maybe stacked with Oblation in the expert dungeons if your gear isn't great or if you've picked up a vuln stack or two. Or, y'know, Dark Mind instead of Oblation in the event the tankbuster is magic damage.

Cooldown spacing is important, too. For trash pulls TBN is best used as both your first mitigation tool and as a stopgap between standard mitigation CDs. It's fine to use Oblation alongside it on trash, of course. In fact, Oblation is so lackluster that about its only worthwhile use is found in augmenting TBN.

As for Dark Mind: Others have already mostly covered it, I see. About the only thing I would add is that you would be well served researching bosses as you go to make certain you know what is magic damage and what isn't. The difference isn't always immediately apparent based on effects; some things that look magical aren't, and some things that look physical aren't.

Oh, and Arm's Length is your friend. The slow it applies to enemies should never be underestimated. The slow component won't work on most bosses, but for trash mobs it's a godsend. You can use it on pulls if you mistime your sprint and need to get away from one pack while you run to another, or you can use it once all the mobs are grouped up and simply laugh as their attacks slow to a crawl. A lot of people for some reason just don't use this cooldown despite how useful it is. You can also use it to negate knockback and draw-in mechanics during boss fights. Very helpful.